Thanks for the heads up on the glass cutter. I'll check into it when I'm in town tomorrow.
Ought to get Book 2, since I haven't read it either.
I thought about knapping the glass. My dad knaps arrowheads from glass, then colors them with an indelible marker. They are hard to tell from actual stone ones without really looking at them. He told me you generally start with a piece 5 times the size you want to end up with.
I've never tried knapping, so I opted for grinding. The glass is actually 3 layers of window glass that blew out of my shop last winter. I glued them together with super glue. Will it hold? I have no idea. This is an experiment. If it works, it goes to a friend as a display piece. When I get good at it, then I'll do my own.
Thanks for the link, too. Definetely worth reading.
As for PPE ('Personal Protection Equipment' they call it at work), I'm bringing home some safety goggles, leather gloves, and my respirator. I don't know if the respirator is actually required, but the idea of breathing ground glass doesn't sound that appealing.
The pattern I actually got from the 'Hawk Recon' knife made by Tops Knives.
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I had a chance to hold one a few years ago, and I loved the way it felt.
My pattern looks like the one below.
K'Jev